Although we may not like it, the American economy has been in a moderate state of inflation for the last 60 years or so. I understand and accept this. However, when the need for a product or commodity outweighs what is readily available, this causes excessive inflation to some degree.
The current example of inflation that afflicts us is that of gasoline. The price of gas is obviously ridiculous, but I’m not one to mindlessly complain about problems. I try to figure out what is causing them, and how they can be solved.
First of all, the current energy crisis has not come into being overnight. We’ve had it coming to us for years now. We’ve let enviormental special interest groups dictate to us what we should drive and what kind of oil we should buy. We have also let ourselves become dependent on countries who actually have the balls to drill for their own oil, and in turn we have demonized them for that. So how can we, as conservatives, turn around our dependency to foreign oil?
For starters, we can vote for good energy policy. We should demand that our elected officials are against the regulation and taxation of oil. We should also insist upon increasing our national supply of oil. We can start that by making sure that the ban on drilling both offshores, and in ANWR is lifted. We our just beginning to feel the pain that these mindless policy makers have inflicted upon us. 2008 might be the last time that we can take action and ensure both mobility and freedom for our future generations.
